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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Dogs welcome 27 ha
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Open directionsv Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England. A "glorious" example of Neo-Palladian architecture in west London, the house was designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), and completed in 1729. The house and garden occupy 26.
Read more on Wikipedia → English garden Grade I listed building c. 1725
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Minotaur Beetle +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Crescent-cup Liverwort, White Dead-nettle +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Crescent-cup Liverwort, White Dead-nettle +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 24 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring (Section 08) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Boston Manor underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 196 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
164,276 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 164,276 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Grey Heron · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Coot +33
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Gadwall Mareca strepera Teal Anas crecca Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Syrphus Red Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White Dead-nettle · Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss +3
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White Dead-nettle Lamium album Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Clustered Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 164,276 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Grey Heron · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Coot +33
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Gadwall Mareca strepera Teal Anas crecca Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Syrphus Red Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White Dead-nettle · Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss +3
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White Dead-nettle Lamium album Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Clustered Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus Rhynchostegium confertum
Rhynchostegium confertum
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha 